Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (retd), a former Minister of Communications, has stated that for 25 years, since the beginning of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic in 1999, Lagos has only been governed by an indigene with “right of blood” once.
According to the report by Vanguard, General Olanrewaju alleged that political parties consistently deny Lagos natives the opportunity to occupy key political positions, especially in elections and government appointments. He said some political parties say the indigenous population of Lagos is too small to influence political outcomes but there is no concrete data to support such claims.
In General Olanrewaju’s words: “This does not represent a good reason or explain why for 25 years, Lagos State has remained the only state in the whole of the federation since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999 that has not been governed by an indigene with the right of blood except once. The existing political parties take the liberty to always deny the indigenes of the state to fill the most important political posts during elections and running of government. The only argument that they usually pose, which is false, is that the indigenous population is not in our favour. There is no empirical data to prove this issue”….Viêw – Morē